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I am amazed by the natural transition from Bach to Bartk. He effortlessly transcends the 200-year gap between the two composers. That said, his approach to each composers stylistic sensibilities is spot-on. It is a combination of sincere, intellectual sensibility and technical skill. Yet there is no pretension or ambition here; precisely because the performance is so effortlessly natural, the listener is drawn into that world before they even realize it. It is only afterward that one realizes this is the very embodiment of a performer for a new era. Shinichiro Ikebe (Composer)ProfileBegan playing the violin at age 3. Graduated from the High School Affiliated with the Tokyo University of the Arts and the Faculty of Music at the same university; recipient of the Ataka Prize, the Acanthus Prize, and the Doseikai Prize. Completed a masters program at the Conservatoire de Lausanne in Switzerland. Comple